On the night of December 24, it was revealed that a large number of children in the welfare home were missing. A day later, their bodies were found. Dozens of them were buried on the west bank of the Jin River. Some of the corpses had no eyes, holes in the chest and abdomen, and missing organs... It was too horrific to look at.
In the early morning of December 25, a patrol magician from the [Anti-Devil Judgment Agency] patrolled the scene and found suspicious people. He stepped forward to interrogate them, but was suddenly attacked. Three people were killed and two were injured.
At noon on December 27, through the autopsy report on the Demon Blade conducted by the [Anti-Devil Judgment Agency], the identity of the attacker was confirmed.
Two hours later on the same day, a mysterious person revealed that the corpses of children on the west bank of the Jin River were all caused by monsters, and also exposed a draft of the [Devil Judgment Agency]'s news report that "children died of disease."
For a time, public sentiment was raging, and people took to the streets to demonstrate, demanding to find the murderer and risk their lives.
Under pressure, Haijin City officials held a press conference to clarify that the draft news was deliberately framed and promised to solve the case within three days.
As a result, the case was not solved, and the Haijin City Magician Branch accidentally discovered that members of the Special Operations Division of the [Sitian Bureau] were 'escorting' some transformed monsters to the airport and preparing to leave.
Immediately, the Haijin City Magician Branch and the magicians from [Sitian Bureau] confronted each other at the airport. There was a fire conflict between the two sides. After several people were killed in the battle, the members of the [Sitian Bureau] Special Operations Division saw that there was no hope of escape and all committed suicide. Several Warcraft Missing.
After the incident was exposed, people in Haijin City and across the country were outraged. Although Haijin City officials promised to give an explanation, they have long been distrusted and have not yet given an explanation.
[Hanchan] has a strong ability to collect intelligence, and Zhong Hanfeng is also the chief executive of Haijin City, so there are many details on the sofa that have not been disclosed in the news.
"Brother~" Su Yuxi blinked and looked at Su Yuchen: "I don't understand why [Sitian Bureau] committed suicide? Why did they have to choose a flight? Where did those monsters go?"
Su Yuchen glanced at his sister: "Are you pretending again?"
"What are you pretending to be?" Su Yuxi looked at Su Yuchen in confusion. She was not as smart as her brother. Isn't it normal to be confused?
"You know more about these matters than I do." Su Yuchen, who looked away, continued to look at the information related to the 'Haijin Massacre' in his hand: "Ten days have passed since the incident... Didn't you say it was related to Demon King Daiming? This It’s not written on it.”
Su Yuxi quickly reached out and pulled out a photo: "The man who went to the airport with [Sitian Bureau] at that time is a direct blood descendant of Dai Ming, and he is still missing."
"go on."
Listening to his brother's voice, Su Yuxi still said with a pout, "It's impossible to determine whether these people following [Sitian Bureau] are the monsters who created the murder or to divert the attention of the real murderer. After all, [Sitian Bureau] special operations It’s a bit too weird for department staff to commit suicide.”
"Besides, why was he discovered by a magician from the Haijin City Magician Branch? Even if he was discovered, why would he directly conclude that the monster with [Sitian Bureau] is the murderer?"
"So I suspect..." Su Yuxi said softly: "Originally, this case would not have attracted as much attention as it does now, but someone did it deliberately."
"But whether it is the cabinet targeting the imperial family or the imperial family targeting the cabinet is unknown... Maybe there are local powerful factions involved."
After a pause, Su Yuxi continued: "The empire is not a constitutional monarchy. The emperor wants to get rid of the constraints of the cabinet. The cabinet wants the emperor to be a mascot..."
"The person who discovered this incident first was an ordinary fishing enthusiast. According to the official inquiry, there is nothing inappropriate in the inquiry transcript."
"Brother, although I initially suspected that this was a normal case that did not involve any shady stories, it was just a case that I had to settle for a long time to save the face of Demon King Daiming. But now that the matter is so big, whether it is for the imperial family or the cabinet, if it is not handled well, the reputation will be lost. They will all suffer great losses.”
"So in my opinion, this incident was just a normal development at the beginning, but because of Dai Ming's direct blood descent, some people wanted to take the opportunity to cause trouble..."
"The emperor and the cabinet want to find the biggest way to benefit themselves under the premise of 'losing both sides'!"
"Isn't this very understandable?" Su Yuchen teased his sister, and then asked: "If you go by your guess, this is the cabinet's leverage to seize the imperial family. After all, Dai Ming has a good relationship with the imperial family..."
Su Yuchen tapped the information on the table: "How did the cabinet find out? Did the imperial family take advantage of the situation when they realized that it couldn't be concealed?"
"Also, if Dai Ming's direct descendant wanted to leave the country, why didn't he wrap himself up tightly? Maybe the real murderer wasn't him?"
Looking at his brother's side face, Su Yuxi nodded vigorously: "Brother, you are thinking the same thing as me...Who knows who set up a trap for whom, or whether it was a trap within a trap within a trap..."
As he talked, Su Yuxi felt a little regretful in his heart. If he had mastered the other main systems of 'Sky' now, he would be able to more easily detect the truth of this case and the response of the imperial family and the cabinet.
Although surveillance or any electronic equipment will not be installed in important places, a lot of truth can be inferred based on scattered clues in other places.
"Brother, I think this is an opportunity." Su Yuxi said, "Let's step in and make both the emperor and the cabinet truly suffer, and we, the fishermen, will benefit, okay?"
"Do you have a clue?" Su Yuchen smiled: "It's not easy to get benefits from them."
"I know, but I want to try..." Su Yuxi said seriously: "If the murderer of this tragedy can be caught, the reputation of those who protect him and use him will be damaged."
"The reputation of the imperial family cannot withstand the reputational blow of harboring the Demon King and allowing monsters to do whatever they want within the empire."
Su Yuchen nodded. The cabinet will definitely add insult to injury and make the imperial family completely retreat behind the scenes or overthrow the imperial family...
"What do you have in mind now?"
"I……"
Just as Su Yuxi was about to speak, Su Yijing walked out of the study at this moment and looked at his daughter with a solemn expression: "This is a call from the cabinet. The emperor and the cabinet have unanimously agreed to appoint you as the leader of the task force to go to Haijin City to find out the truth."
Listening to his father's voice, Su Yuxi blinked and looked at Su Yuchen: "Maybe you want to make the situation lose-lose?"
Su Yuchen didn't speak. He crossed his hands and watched the news that was still playing on the TV. The imperial family, the cabinet, the Chang'an Kingdom... maybe a fourth party?
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Xuanqing Empire, the imperial capital Sheng'an City, Qingxin Palace.
As the emperor's usual office, Emperor Xuan'an Zhao Xian stood at the window, looking at the heavy snow outside the window expressionlessly.
"After all, His Majesty the Emperor is the one who can sit in this position. As expected, none of them are mediocre. He has so easily dragged the Chang'an Kingdom into the water and been forced to become your pawn."
Demon King Dai Ming, standing in front of the desk, looked at the imperial edict drafted in his hand and marveled.
"If it weren't for the fact that your descendants didn't finish things well, would they be clinging to the cabinet now?" Zhao Xian snorted coldly: "And the appearance of your direct descendant, Sha Yuan, directly caused public opinion to be unfavorable to the imperial family... …”
"Sunahara was not involved, so don't panic. Even if he is finally traced, he has no suspicion." Dai Ming put down the imperial edict in his hand. He looked like a teacher, adjusted his glasses, and walked to Zhao Xian. His side: "And when it is proven that Sunahara has no suspicion at all, the cabinet, which has always insisted on not letting go of those who have been wronged, will be the target of public criticism."
"I exposed Sunahara on purpose."
Listening to Dai Ming's voice, Zhao Xian glanced at the Demon King, who was a head taller than himself: "Do you still have such a mind?"
Dai Ming smiled slightly: "Based on my many years of experience, the brain is indeed a good thing."
After a pause, he changed his voice: "But I didn't expect that after Sunahara was exposed, you could make such a clever move without consulting me."
"Get Chang Anguo to dismount... wonderful."
Listening to Dai Ming's slightly exaggerated praise, Zhao Xian's expression did not change at all.
The Haijin tragedy has developed to this extent and must be suppressed by the imperial capital. Then the task force should select people from both sides and then play the game.
He did not expect that the cabinet would directly promote Su Yuxi, but there was nothing he could do because Su Yuxi did hold the position of cabinet finance minister.
Although it was against the rules for the Chief Financial Officer to serve as the leader of the task force, who made Chang'an in the north unlike other parts of the empire where monsters could come and go freely... The people naturally believed in Su Yuxi's determination to find out the truth as the Princess of Chang'an.
The cabinet acted preemptively in this matter, causing Su Yuxi to become the representative of the cabinet and losing the opportunity.
Zhao Xian did panic for a while at first, but he soon had a countermeasure.
The cabinet's decision to push Su Yuxi out obviously had two deep meanings. First, successfully solving the case would gain a lot of popularity among the people, which would create a rift between Chang'an and the imperial family.
Secondly, they failed to handle the case well, so the cabinet frantically spread the rumor that Chang'an State was helping the imperial family to compromise, turning both the imperial family and Chang'an State into street rats.
In this way, the cabinet will have greater power, and can even reach out to the monolithic northern border...
And the North is now the leader of the royalist party. Once something goes wrong, the imperial family will never be able to raise its head in front of the cabinet.
Zhao Xian didn't want the foundation of his ancestors to be destroyed in his own hands, so he directly promoted the prince as the deputy leader of the task force and became Su Yuxi's deputy.
Since the cabinet wanted to overthrow the imperial family and King Chang'an at once, they could also use their plan to do so.
On the one hand, he allowed his son and Su Yuxi to improve their relationship; on the other hand, he secretly monitored Su Yuxi to prevent her from discovering too much truth.
When the people began to be disappointed with Su Yuxi, who was tough and tough in the north, both Su Yuxi and his uncle Su Yijing would panic.
The Prince of Chang'an, which has always been fiercely loyal to Warcraft, has delayed closing this case. Is it because of lack of ability or because it wants to help the imperial family clear its name?
When the soldiers in the north no longer trust the Chang'an Palace, and when the Chang'an King loses its greatest reliance in the world, what will their expressions be?
At that time, it would be easy for him to come forward to negotiate with Su Yijing, form a marriage, place cronies in the north, and gradually take back military power... all of them!
The King of Chang'an has been loyal for generations, and he doesn't believe that Su Yijing will not compromise. What's more, his sister Su Jingyun is still his queen. She also came forward to lobby and quietly abolished his eldest nephew. Su Yijing had no choice!
Thinking about it, Zhao Xian sneered. By then, with the millions of troops in the north in hand, not to mention the cabinet, the entire empire would be crawling at Zhao's feet again!
"Last time your men failed to assassinate Su Yuchen in Jade Phoenix Snow Mountain...you have to find a way to remove my suspicion." Zhao Xian said lightly.
"Okay." Dai Ming agreed immediately: "Don't forget to promise me the benefits."
"The entire northern territory will be yours." Zhao Xian lowered his eyes slightly.
Dai Ming smiled: "Speaking of which, where have you arranged Sha Yuan and my subordinates now?"
"They..." Zhao Xian turned to look at Dai Ming and smiled slightly: "They are all very well now. No one can find out their location."
"When this thing blows over, you can reunite with them."
Dai Ming nodded: "That's fine."
Zhao Xian withdrew his gaze, the smile on his lips did not diminish at all, and his eyes stared unblinkingly at the heavy snowflakes flying outside.
"Did the fisherman who found the body on the river bank really find it by chance?" Dai Ming suddenly said: "Are you sure it wasn't arranged by the cabinet?"
Zhao Xian put his hands on the window sill and said calmly: "He may be the only accident in this case."
"Well... this accident is not important." Dai Ming turned around and took a step forward: "Do you need me to go to the north to confirm who is protecting Su Yuchen?"
"It's not necessary." Zhao Xian said in an indifferent voice, "When he returns to Sky City, there will be plenty of opportunities."
"Okay, then I'll go to Haijin City to watch a show first." Dai Ming walked out of the palace.
"Watching a show..." Zhao Xian laughed. No one except himself wanted to stay out of the incident.
After closing the window and sitting back in his chair, Zhao Xian looked at the information on the table with a calm expression, staring at the male fishing enthusiast who was digging this case into the sunshine.
An accident? Or is there someone else?
"Wei Jin!"
"The slave is here!"
"Continue to have people investigate all his information." Zhao Xian threw the fishing guy's photo information to him: "See if there is any big fish hidden behind it!"
Zhao Xian never felt that there were many coincidences in the world.
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"Brother, it's over! It's over!"
Su Yuxi deliberately hugged Su Yuchen tightly and jumped up and down anxiously: "It's so annoying to let Zhao Mingjing be the deputy team leader!"
Looking at his sister who had been jumping back and forth for a while, Su Yuchen quickly patted her back: "Can't we investigate alone?"
"I'm not bothered by this." Su Yuxi, who stopped jumping around, raised his head and looked at Su Yuchen aggrievedly: "It's very tiring to pretend to be stupid!"
Su Yuchen smiled helplessly: "Don't be careless."
"I'm not careless!" Su Yuxi pouted: "What's even more annoying is that I can't go to the amusement park with my brother."
"I will definitely have to stay in the office building of the [Anti-Demon Judgment Agency] every day... I can't even see you, brother, it's uncomfortable!"
Listening to his sister who kept chattering, Su Yuchen quickly glanced at Xia Yushuang. Xia Yushuang smiled slightly, stood up and took Su Yuxi's wrist to drag her away.
"What are you doing?" Su Yuxi looked at Xia Yushuang warily: "Brother won't let you hug me for a while?"
"Let me have a word with you quietly."
"What words?"
Xia Yushuang pulled Su Yuxi to the balcony and whispered in her ear: "Don't you want to show off in front of Yuchen?"
"Huh?" Su Yuxi looked at Xia Yushuang doubtfully: "What do you mean?"
"Although you managed the Chang'an Kingdom in an orderly manner, Yu Chen didn't even see it. If you handle this case well this time, will he appreciate you if he observes it from a close distance?"
Su Yuxi's eyes lit up: "That seems to be the truth."
"Right? So if you close the case as soon as possible and achieve the goal as soon as possible, you can let him praise you and appreciate you as soon as possible, right?"
"Yeah..." Su Yuxi nodded repeatedly, but then looked at Xia Yushuang with vigilant eyes: "When did you become so generous? Do you have an ulterior motive?!"
"Smelly sister, I pity you~" Xia Yushuang gently hugged Su Yuxi into his arms: "I didn't have the chance to say it just now, but now I tell you, I can also resolve Yuchen's 'misfortune'~"
Su Yuxi's expression was stunned.
W-what? !
But even if she can do it, why is she so generous to herself?
Just because of pity?
What bad idea is she having?
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(End of chapter)
